Automobile-hood.



.H. FU'TTERMAN- AUTOMOBILE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1915.

1 1 5,32 1 H Patnted Sept. 28, 191 5.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lzq/grromver H. FUTTERMAN. AUTOMOBILE HOOD. APPLICATIONHLED MAR. 4, 1915.

Patented Sept 28, 3 SHEET$-SHEET 2.

M 644/14 ITOR/VEV H. FUTTEBMAN. AUTOMOB ILE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1915.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 HARRY rurrnmuamor new YORK, N..Y.,

co'aronarron or NEW roan.

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Application filed March 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY FUTTERMAN, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident ofthe city ofNew York, in the borough of Manhattan, in the count-y of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile-Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates to automobile This hoods. and more particularly tothat type known as a stream line hood, and more particularly theinvention consists in adapting a streamline hood to a Ford or similarcar of fixed construction.

In the use of certain typesof cars which are made in large quantitiesand according to fixed and established patterns, certain parts of thecar are fixed and cannot be changed excepting at very great expense.-

Such parts are, for instance, the radiator, at the front of the car, andthe frame that supports the hood which is usually arranged at the frontof the clash-board on the front of the car. The side members of theframe complete the fixed elements of the car. In such types of car, astraight line hood is used, which. gives the automobile a very stubbyappearance, and in the estimation of some people, a very uglyappearance. Furthermore, the fact that the car is a lowpriced car, canusually be immediately as certained by this straight line type of hood.

My invention overcomes these disadvantage 0115 features, in providing ahood which 'is known as a steam line hod,'the front end of which hoodhas a configuration to con.- form to the configuration of the radiator,while theconfiguration of the rear end of the hood results from thestream line shape .of the body of the hood, whereas the lower ends ofthe hood are so shaped as to conform to the outline of the fixed frameof the body of the car. For this purpose, the rear lower portions of theside members of the hood are curved inwardly so as to adapt theSpecification of Letters Eatent.

Patented 23%, 159315.

Serial No. 12,102.

view of my improved hood; Fig. *2 is a rear view thereof, showing theinner construction of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section throughthe center'thereof, showing" portions of the automobile in dotted lines;Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a top planVlQV; 6 is a top plan view of the rear supporting member. Fig. 7 is aside elevtion of a modified form of construction; I -1g. 8 is a top planview thereof; and 9 is a sectional. view taken on the line 99 of Fig. 7.

iinilar reference characters in clients cor e sponding parts throughoutthe several i ures of the drawings. Referring; to the drawings, and moreparticularly to Fig. 1 thereof, the hood com prises, upper portions 10and 11 hinged at 12, the ends 13 and '14: of the pint ie of the hingeextending slightly beyond the front and rear edges of the hood. Lower orside members 15 and 16 are hinged at I? and 18 to the upper members. Thelower edges 19, 20 of the members 15 and are rolled or beaded, and areadapt-ed to he engaged by a swivel lock 20 (shown in dotted lines inFig. for holding the hood in position. The front lines 21 of the hoodextend in straight lines upwardly from the edges 19 and 20 to conform tothe configuration of the radiator of the automobile, and the rear line22 is first inclined. outwardly as at 23, and then extends upwardly toconform to the body of the car, thereby giving to the car the streamline effect.

Reinforcing members 2 1 and 25 are provided in the interior of the hoodnear the front and rear edges thereof, and are secured in place by meansof rivets or the like 26. A supporting member 27 conforming" to the rearconfiguration. of the hood is pro -v1ded and adapted to be secured bybolts and nuts to the dash-board of the automobile (as shown in Fig. 3).T he end 13 of the pintle of the hinge 12 rests in a suitable recessprovided in the radiator, and the end i l rests in a recess 28 providedcentrally of a raised portion 29 of the support, against which the rearedge of the/hood abuts. A flange 30 of the supporting member projectsunder the on I end of the hood and abuts against the reinforcing member25. A portion 31 thereof at e1ther side of the hood is bent inwardly toallow free movement of the hinges 17 and 18.

. The reinforcing member 24: at the front as shown in Fig. 9. With thisconstruction,

end of the hood forms an abutment for the radiator, a suitable recessbeing provided in the radiator, in which the hood rests.

Handles 32 are provided at either side of the hood for assisting inraising the same. In Figs. ,7 to 9, I have shown aform of constructionin which the curved-in portion 23 at the lower ends of the side members15 and 16 is omitted and the said sides are carried straight down to theframe of the automobile. For enabling the same to be fastened down tothe frame, recesses33 are provided at the lower edgesof the members 15and 16, within the enlarged rear portion thereof, the depth of the saidrecesses being such that the back wall is in alinement with the forwardnarrow portion of the said members, The lower edges of the hingedmembers arevbeaded, as at 34, and the fastening devices engage thisbeaded portion,

it will beseen that the forwardly tapering effect is given to the wholesurface of the hood, and at the same time the original fastening meansfor a straight line hood may be employed. y

It will be seen that with my improvements, a car of the Ford or othersimilar construction may be very readily, and at small expense, giventhe more pleasing stream line appearance of expensive makes of cars.

I have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory forms of myinvention, but

it is obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit andscope thereof, so that I do not desire to be limited to them particularforms shown, except as may be required by the claims.

I claim:-

1. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a radiator frame providedwith parallel side pieces, having hoodfastening means thereon, of ahood-supporting member'detachably secured to the dashboard of theautomobile of a height and width substantially greater than theradiator, hinged members supported between the radiator and the saidsupport and inclined outwardly from the radiator to the said support,and provided at the lower edges thereof with recessed portions adaptedto be engaged by the fastening means of the said parallel side pieces ofthe radiator frame.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a radiator frame providedwith parallel side pieces having hood-fastening means thereon, of ahood-supporting member detachablv secured to the dashboard of theautomobile of a height and width substantially greater than theradiator, hinged members supported between the radiator and the saidsupport, and inclined outwardly from the radiator to-the said support,and hav ing the lower portions thereof recessed to form .the lower edgesparallel with the parallel side pieces of the franjae, the said loweredges adapted to be engaged by the fastening means of the said parallelside pieces.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a; radiator frame providedwith parallel. side pieces, having hood-fastening means thereon, of ahood-supporting member-detachably secured 'to the dashboard of-the Iautomobile, of a height" and width substantiallygreater than theradiator. the lower ends of the said support being inclined inwardly tothe parallel side pieces of the frame, hinged members supportedbetweenthe radiator and the said support and inclined outwardly fromv theradiator to the said, support, and having the lower portions thereofrecessed to formthe lower edges parallel with the said parallel sidepieces of the framefthe said lower edges adapted to be engaged by thefastening means of the said'parallel side pieces.

4:- A device of the character described comprising a supporting memberdetachably secured to the dash-board of an automobile.

of a height and width substantially greater.

